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Jeremiah 45:1 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 45 · verse 1
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,Jeremiah 45:1 · King James Version
Jeremiah 45:1 in context
1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
2Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:
3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JeremiahYirmᵉyâhJirmejah, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH3414 →
- prophetnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- writtenkâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- BaruchBârûwkBaruk, the name of three IsraelitesH1263 →
- NeriahNêrîyâhNerijah, an IsraeliteH5374 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
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How Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, we had an account ch. 36, and how he was threatened for it by the king, warrants being out for him and he forced to abscond, and how narrowly he escaped under a divine protection, to which story this chapter should have been subjoined, but…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5